Thief: In Every Shadow

Alas! must it ever be so?

Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,

And fight our own shadows forever?-

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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"Keeper Star, why am I not surprised, you always loved making an entrance." Garret started.

"Garret, shut up. We need a serious talk. Now before anything else, you have the Opal yes?" The white coated mare asks.

"Garret does have it." Garret says, pulling out of a bag of the cut stone.

"Its cut up.....You know what whatever it doesn't matter, doesn't matter. The Keepers have been watching you for a long time, even since you left us." The Keeper begins.

"Paid a diamond for this." Garret mutters, not trying to listen.

"AAAAND we noticed your breakin' to the estate. We know you knocked out that stallion and we know you stole that Opal. You see where im going?" Keeper Star asks.

"No."

"*sigh* You always were difficult. Well, in any case, here is a note, the Grand Keeper wrote it." Star says, using her magic to levitate the note to Garret.

Garret catches the note with his mouth, being an earth pony and not a unicorn, he cant catch it with any magic. Garret walks off before Keeper Star can notice or continue talking.

"Garret, We- Garret? Garret!" Keeper Star said, realizing Garret is gone.

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Garret looks over the note a second time, keeping an eye around his surroundings incase of Gem, Jade or a Watchstallion.

Garret,

The Opal. We know you stole it, and we know you had it cut. From what Keeper Star told you, you should realize this is very serious.

Garret stops reading and remembers Star didn't say anything about the Opal. He continues.

The signs are very clear. But to see if the Legend is coming fruition, we must first study a few more objects said to be involved with the Legend. And to get these objects we need to make use of your.......profession. Here is the list of objects you need to steal:

The Hammerites Chalice: A holy relic among the Hammerites Knighthood. They will defend this relic to the death, so be wary.

The Pagans Hand: A disgusting mummified hand...claw....thing that the Pagans worship. As with the Hammerites, they will defend this fiercely.

Steal these objects and return to the statue that you met Keeper Star at.

Knowledge is power,

Grand Keeper Comet

"Ahhh my thieving skills being put to the test now eh?" Garret Mutters to himself. He puts the note in one of his many pockets. Time to go steal.

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Garret drags the lifeless body of a Hammerite Knight. During his break-in of the Hammer Cathedral, a Hammerite noticed him an attacked him, having no choice but to kill. He drags the corpse into a small dark corner, stealthily avoiding other Hammerites and Priests.

"Dammit I hope nopony finds this body, im not interested in seeing the form of Hammerite Torture." He mutters a little louder than he should have.

Continuing in the shadows, he avoids more Knights, the occasional priest and Hammer Believer. As he passes by a few pews, he catches something in his peripheral. A shiny golden goblet, being used by a Hammerite Priest.

"Sir, should thou only use thine goblet on thous day of celebration, when thou returnests to the Holy Hammer?" A Knight asks.

"No, The Chalice of Hammer is deserved to be drank from us priests Sir Knight, even if it is just wine." A Priest says, the Priest looks high-ranking.

"Now to figure out how get that without getting noticed... Hrmmmmmm." Garret murmers.

Sticking to the shadows, Garret dodges the light from a torch carried by a Knight. Getting closer to the chalice, he hears a bell go off.

"What the? Somepony foundeth a dead body, we hath a murderer in here! Find him or her!" The High-Ranking Priest orders.

"Dammit!" Garret shouts as a sword comes across his neck.

"Foundeth Him!" A Knight yells behind Garret. Garret bucks the Knight and dashes for the Chalice of Hammer.

Magic and Arrows passes Garrets head as the Hammerites try to kill him, but a scream is heard from outside, Garret, the Priest, and the other Knight stop attacking and listen. A fish-like Pony comes running, with 4 or 5 more Hammerites chasing after him.

"Gavin returns favor Sneaky One! Run! Me save your life, you get to live!" The creature yells.

'Gavin?' Garret remembers the creature he freed, he said that he would return the favor.

"Never look a gift fish in the mouth I guess." He mutters as he grabs the Chalice.

"KILL THE FISH!" The Priest yells as another Knights head gets twisted off.

Garret bursts through the double doors and knocks down 2 more Knights who were coming in. Bursting through another set of doors, an arrows pierces his Leather armor and into his coat, blood runs down the leg as he looks at the attacker. A Hammerite Archer...

"Damn you!" Garret yells as he continues towards the exit, pulling out the arrow before running.

He dodges more arrows and continues to hear more screams coming from inside the cathedral. Another arrow pierces his armor and flesh, more blood gushes out of his wounds. Knowing he is not going to last much longer, Garret covers his eyes and throws down a Flashbomb, it explodes, blinding the Archer. Garret pulls out the arrow and in screams in agony. Blood continues to gush as he struggles to open the doors. With one last push, he opens up 1 door and limps out, leaving Gavin to his fate. As he continues to trot away in the darkness of The City, he looks at his wounds. He is losing a lot a bloody, he wont survive another 5 minutes.

"Health....Potion..." He weakly mutters.